Tank fill prices…
What are you guys paying to have your dive tank filled? Mine is only down to 2400 PSI and the sucba shops around here charge anywhere from $8-$10 for a fill….man, I don’t want to pay that kind of price for only 600 psi of air 😕
The guy that charges $10 a fill said that the first 2000 psi is ‘free’, it’s the last 1000 psi that is wear and tear on the compressor etc….
I’m thinking that I will need to (eventually…someday) get a 4500 psi bottle, and make a friend @ the firehouse 😉
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I use the scuba shop that I got my scuba license from but I do it myself for $4 because its only a top off. I also bought my tanks there so i am sure that helps. 😉
North of Minneapolis (Osseo) they charge $7.00. On the south side (Eagan) there is a dive shop that charges $4.50.
I am north! 👿
I thought $7.oo a 80cf scuba tank was high here in town, place I bought the tanks from charges $5.oo to fill, but that about 30 mile round trip?
Just like the Airforce tank you haft to equalize the fill pressure to top off a partial fill. Shop here said cost the same price for any fill, no such thing as a top off?
Shop in town will fill 4500psi tanks also, didn’t ask how much, happy with two 80cf scuba tanks for now.
Sam 😎
Wow, that sounds pretty cool!
i shopped around here (nor-cal) before i bought stuff…id have to drive 35 miles to the nearest 4500lb capable shop, so i settled on a 100 cf tank and 13 cf buddy bottle. the shop in my town will go up to 3200 and he only charges me if i have used lots of air…and then its only 5 bucks…not bad…dudes cool…i wouldve gone carbon fiber 4500 otherwise.
i refill at about 2600 and only use my buddy bottle on trips, and as a spare.
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hmmmm, I may have to call around a little more then. I may just see if I can find a cheap firehouse adapter and go to the one of 3 fire stations around this little town and see if they can just fill the tank with that setup.
I’d even trade my RWS 350 magnum with scope for a CF tank…:D
Thanks guys…